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Private channel - sync to explorer doubles the site name
Hello everyone, I'm experiencing some odd behavior that I hope someone can explain. While in the Teams app, I created a private channel called "Payroll" in a team called "EVG-Finance" and then cl...
- Hi guys,
This is as designed. Private channels create separate site collections. In explorer, it is showing the name of the site collection not a duplication.
Example of standard channel
EVG-Finance (site collection) - General (Folder)
Example of private channel
EVG-Finance - Payroll (Site Collection) - Payroll (Folder)
Hope that makes sense. It is the way that Teams is architected. I can see how it’s confusing as part of the site collection is named the same as the folder and gives the impression when synced to explorer that it’s duplicated when it’s not.
Hope that answers your question. We all have the same 😄
Best, Chris
I have managed to solve this issue by;
- Sync the folder first with the double name
- Navigate to the folder in explorer and copying a desktop.ini file into the folder
- Right click on the suspect folder on the left hand side of the explorer window and click properties
- Click Customise
- Check then Uncheck also apply this template to all subfolders (don't ask me why this step is needed)
- Click OK
and it should be working. The folder Sync correctly in Teams/Sharepoint and also works as it should in explorer.
Contents of the Desktop.ini File
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[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=WhatEverFolderNameGoesHere
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=StorageProviderDocuments
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Thanks! This worked perfectly.